Human Ecology students engage in varied experiential learning opportunities including community service, internships, externships, part-time/full-time work, and research to test their career interests and see the impacts of a Human Ecology education in real time. All while also fitting in time to rejuvenate and spend time with the people that matter in their lives!

We asked our CHE students to share their summer experiences. Below is a sampling of what our students reported.

  • Service Project, Prisoner Express (Global & Public Health Sciences)
  • Volunteer, Cedars-Sinai Hospital (Human Biology, Health & Society)
  • Volunteer, Food pantry (Human Biology, Health & Society)
  • Volunteer, No Mas Lagrimas (Human Biology, Health & Society)
  • Volunteer, Open Doors English (Human Biology, Health & Society)
  • Volunteer, Special Needs Camp (Nutritional Sciences)
  • Corporate Consumer & General Management Summer Analyst, JPMorgan & Chase Advancing Hispanic and Latino Fellowship Program (Human Development)
  • Data Analyst, Blue Cross Blue Shield (Human Biology, Health & Society)
  • Design Intern, Fabletics (Fashion Design & Management)
  • Design Internship, Stantec Interior (Design & Environmental Analysis)
  • Environment, Health, and Safety Intern, LG Electronics (Global & Public Health Sciences)
  • Footwear Product Creation Intern, Nike (Fiber Science)
  • Intern, Amazon Retail Undergraduate Program (Fashion Design & Management)
  • Intern, Guidehouse (Human Development)
  • Intern, Justice 360 (Human Development)
  • Intern, Newark Water Coalition (Human Biology, Health & Society)
  • Intern, Nike Global Apparel Materials Development (Fashion Design & Management)
  • Intern, Oscar de le Renta, London UK (Fashion Design & Management)
  • Intern, Physical Therapy (Human Biology, Health & Society)
  • Merchandising Intern, Women’s Leather Goods and Accessories, Fendi (Fashion Design & Management)
  • MRNA Purification Engineer, Pfizer (Fiber Science)
  • Resource Navigator, Cayuga Medical Center, Cornell Cooperative Extension Tompkins County, and the Office of Academic Diversity Initiatives (Human Development)
  • Shadowing, Dermatology Physician’s Assistant (Human Development)
  • Shadowing, Endocrinologist (Human Biology, Health, and Society)
  • Shadowing, Orthodontist (Human Development)
  • Shadowing, Registered Dietician/Eating disorder specialist (Nutritional Sciences)
  • Strategy Consulting Intern, Siegel and Gale (Fashion Design & Management)
  • Summer Associate Consultant, Trinity Life Sciences (Human Development)
  • Technical Design Intern, The Row (Fashion Design & Management)
  • Data Collection, Play and Learning Lab (Human Development)
  • Document Conversion Assistant, Cornell Student Disability Services, Accessible Media Resource Center (Human Biology, Health, & Society)
  • Lab work, Social determinants of health (Human Biology, Health, & Society)
  • Medical Assistant, Ophthalmology and Internal Medicine Clinic (Human Biology, Health, & Society)
  • Medical Assistant, Outpatient clinic (Human Biology, Health, & Society)
  • Pharmacy Technician, Local pharmacy (Human Development)
  • Quality Manager, Epic Systems (Global & Public Health Sciences)
  • Behavioral and Public Health Research, University of California San Francisco Summer Research Program, Berkeley Free Health Clinic (Global & Public Health Sciences)
  • Precision Nutrition Intern, College of Human Ecology, The Center for Discover on Precision Nutrition (Nutritional Sciences)
  • Research assistant, UNC School of Law Human Rights Policy Lab (Human Development)
  • Research Intern, Textile Development and Marketing FIT (Fashion Design & Management)
  • Research Intern, Textile Research Institute (Fiber Science)
  • Research Internship, Regenerative Andean Agroforestry Landscape in Cotacachi, Ecuador (Design & Environmental Analysis)
  • Research, Laidlaw Research and Leadership Program (Design & Environmental Analysis)
  • Research, New York University College of Dentistry, Research Education in Oral Health Sciences program (Global & Public Health Sciences)
  • Undergraduate Research Assistant, College of Human Ecology, Dr. Odoms-Young Lab (Human Biology, Health, & Society)
  • Undergraduate Research Assistant, Columbia University Department of Neurology, Summer Translational Aging Research for Undergraduates program (STAR-U) (Human Development)